It was rather striking to listen to Fox News Report the
Unemployment at 9.8 percent as we well know it is much higher than the
Gov't figures reports. I was quite stricken to listen to Bill Hemmer
on Fox News kept repeating "are we going to become a 3rd World
Country?'. Throughout much of the opening minutes he continued with
pondering how that we are such a decline.

Then Fox reporting the deficit bill being shot down and that
Congress gave the okay to increase taxes on the $250K and above and now
waiting on the Senate to make their vote, then to also see if Congress
and the Senate will/will not approve continued unemployment benefits.

This article below speaks of the handiwork of Spooky Dude and if
not Spooky Dude, then someone very much like him. And also to learn
the fires in Israel are brought to you by none other than terrorist.
Do tell! That was an easy figure out one.

Patty Hayes

A single trader has gobbled up to four-fifths of the copper traded in London, stockpiling it in warehouses.

The unknown buyer has been building up the dominant position since at least last week, putting a squeeze on the market.

According to the rules of the London Metal Exchange, the trader must
lend out copper if it holds between 50pc and 80pc of the total to
maintain day-to-day liquidity in the market. The trader is currently
lending at a 0.5pc premium to the cash price.

The premium for spot price copper over delivery in three months'
time reached $89 in the middle of this week - the highest in two years.